Giving Brand Names the Boot

Hi! I'm a mom and grandma and I wanted to share this idea with all of you. When my daughter started into wanting all the "name brands" my sister gave me a terrific idea! I used it many times and very successfully I might add. When your child asks for something you feel is too expensive or a name brand, offer to pay what you would pay for that item that is NOT a name brand and tell your child that if they want the name brand then they will have to work to pay for the other half of the amount. For instance, when my daughter was younger OP (Ocean Pacific) was a HUGE deal then and she wanted some pants by them. So I told her what I'd pay for pants at Target and I'd give her that but she had to make up the difference. SHE DID TOO!!! She did the same thing with L.A.Gear with some shoes she wanted. It's just a suggestion but it worked great at our house. It taught her the value of money and that she had to earn the "special" things she wanted.